Jack-o&#39;-lantern.



Patented Dec. 9. i902.

A. B. HERB.- awww-mman.

(Applimion mea Jan. 31, 1902.3

(No Model.)- v

wgasses UNTTnn STATES FaTnNT @Trina ANDREW B. HERD, OF PHILIPSBURG,PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 715,379, datedDecember 9, 1902.

Application filed January 3l, 1902. Serial No. 22,054. (No model.)

ful Jack-o-Lantern, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to the general class of transparencies, andparticularly to decorative and grotesque illuminating devices orlanterns commonly called j ackolanterns; and the object in view is toprovide a simple and inexpensive device of this class which may beconstructed of sheet material, such as cardboard or its equivalent, thesame having means for giving access to the contained illuminating deviceand with means for protecting the light from drafts of air when thelantern is in motion, as in torch-light processions and the like.

Further objects and advantages of the in vention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understoodthat various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacriicing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the drawings, Figure lis a front View of a lantern constructed inaccordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectional view.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all theigures of the drawings.

The front wall or face l0 of the lantern is preferably circular and issuperficially ornac of this front or face and combining therewith toform the light receptacle or cage is a box 20, formed of sheet material,and preferably of cardboard or its equivalent, the same having a bottomwall 22, provided with air-inlet openings 2e, a top wall 25, having avent 26, aY rear wall 27, preferably integral with the top and bottomwalls, and side walls also preferably integral with the rear wall. Oneof these side walls, which is connected at the fold-line 29 with therear wall, forms a door 30, said fold-line constituting a hinge topermit the opening of the door to give access to the interior of the boxand facilitate arrangingalight-giving or illuminating device, such as acandle 40, in a rest or holder 23, which is secured to the bottom wall.The preferred means of attaching the top, bottom, and iixed side wall ofthe box to the front Wall or face consist of integral flaps or ianges2l, which may be pasted or otherwise attached to the rear surface ofsaid front wall, and the door 30 is preferably provided at its freefront edge with a flap 33, adapted to bear frictionally against the rearsurface of the front wall, and thus hold the door in its closedposition. A strip or grip 34 is also provided to facilitate opening thedoor. To prevent the ingress of air through the intervals between theupper and lower edges of the door and the adjacent walls ofthe box,guard-danges 31 and 32 are provided on said edges of the door to closeinto the box and lie in contact with saidtop and bottom walls thereof,as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

The box forming the receptacle for the illuminating device is preferablyrectangular in contour and is of such dimensions as to lie wholly Within(and preferably considerably within) the contour of the face or frontwall, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, whereby the portion of theface orfront wall which projects above the top wall of the box forms awindguard for protecting the opening or vent 26, and the portion of saidface or front wall which projects below the bottom wall 22 constitutes afront inner guard to protect the inlet-openings 24 during the forwardmovement of the device. Depending from the box lnear its rear wallandpreferably secured to said rear wall is a member28, constituting arear windguard for the openings 24, and also a rest, of which the loweredge is straight and is in the same horizontal plane, so as to combinewith said lowermost point of the face or front wall l material.

to constitute a base upon which the lantern may stand in an uprightposition.

While in the construction illustrated the box is formed of twosections--namely, an upper section and a lower section-of which theadjacent edges are overlapped, as shown at 50, it will be understoodthat the entil'e box may be struck from a single blank of sheet Theadvantage in constructing the same of two sections secured together atthe overlap by paste or other means is that transverse rigidity isafforded to prevent collapsing or destructive bending or indentation ofthe receptacle for the illuminating device.

When the lantern as above described is constructed of cardboard or itsequivalent, it is obvious that it may be manufactured at a small cost,andv yet the parts thereof are so related as to perform their functionsefliciently, and the liability ofthe ignition of the receptacle from theflame of the illuminating device is reduced to the minimum by reason ofthe Wind-guards provided to protect the air-inlet and Ventilatingopenings.

In carrying the lantern in a torch-light procession, such ascampaign-parades, dac., the face, consisting of the disk or plate,should be held in advance, or facing in the direction of movement orfacing in the direction from which the wind is moving, so that theprojecting periphery of the disk will deflect the wind and prevent itfrom passing through the inlet and vent openings in the bottom and topwalls of the lantern-box. In this way the article, though made ofcombustible material, is preserved, the flickering or blowing of theflame,which would cause it to ignite the Walls, being avoided.

I-Iaving described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A lanternhaving a receptacle for an illuminating device, provided in its wallswith air-inlet and `ventilating openings and having a front plateperipherally extended beyond the Walls of the receptacle to form frontwind-guards in advance of said inlet and Ventilating openings, and arear Windguard depending from the bottom wall of the receptacle in rearof said openings and having its lower edge arranged in a commonhorizontal plane with the lowermost portion of the edge of said frontplate to form a rest or base.

2. A lantern having a front plate, and a box secured to the rear surfaceof said front plate, said box consisting of a folded blank of sheetmaterial having its front edges attached to the surface of the frontplate and provided with a side door hinged at its rear edge, and infrictional contact atits front edge with the rear surface of the frontplate to movably hold it in its closed position.

3. A lantern having a front plate and a box secured to the rear surfaceof the front plate and consisting of a rear wall, and top, bottom andside Walls connected respectively with the edges of the rear wall, andone of said side walls having a flanged front edge for frictionalcontact with the rear surface of the front plate to maintain it in itsclosed position, and the remaining top, bottom and side walls beingsecured at their front edges to the rear surface of the front plate.

4t. A lantern having a front plate, and a box secured to the rearsurface of the front plate, said box being constructed of yielding sheetmaterial and having a side Wall hinged at its rear edge to the bodyportion of the box and provided with a ianged front edge for frictionalcontact With the rear surface of the front Wall, and iianged inturnedupper and lower edges to engage the top and bottom walls of the box.

5. Asanew article of manufacture, a jacko-lantern having a front plateand a box secured to the rear surface of the front plate and consistingof a rear Wall, top and bottom walls respectively provided withVentilating and air-inlet openings, and fixed and movable side walls,the top and bottom walls and the fixed side wall being secured at theirfront edges to the rear surface of the front plate, and the movable Wallbeing hinged at its rear edge to the rear wall and provided with front,top and bottom iianges for engagement respectively with the rear surfaceof the front wall and the top and bottom walls, and a rear windlguarddepending from the rear Wall and terminatingin the horizontal plane ofthe lowermost point of the front plate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ANDREW B. HERD.

Witnesses:

J. H. EsKRIDGn, D. B. ALLPORT.

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